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Bernard Schwartz

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2009–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2003– · , Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2000–2003

B-
71% — 12 of 17 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 35% of 312 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

65cases reviewed on appeal
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 58 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 44 reversed in part 8 reversed 4 dismissed 3 writ granted 2 writ denied 2 modified 2

Areas

criminal 64 civil 1

By year: 2014 9 · 2013 9 · 2025 8 · 2024 6 · 2023 6 · 2022 6 · 2015 5 · 2021 4 · 2020 4 · 2016 3 · 2026 2 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

15reviewed cases analysed
55rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. People v. Huber CA4/1 D086064 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Woods CA4/2 E084000 · 2026-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Rosales CA4/1 D082745 · 2025-12-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Zesk CA4/2 E082544 · 2025-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Simpson CA4/2 E084595 · 2025-08-08 · criminal · dismissed
  6. People v. Goehner CA4/1 D085454 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D085867 · 2025-07-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Merchant CA4/1 D084458 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Gentile CA4/2 E082817 · 2025-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Metoyer CA4/3 G062772 · 2025-05-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Vahimarae CA4/2 E082715 · 2024-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Crockett CA4/2 E081136 · 2024-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Martinez-Valenzuela CA4/1 D083780 · 2024-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Mosby v. Super. Ct. E080924M · 2024-02-09 · criminal · writ granted
  15. People v. Rocha CA4/2 E082351 · 2024-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Mosby v. Super. Ct. E080924 · 2024-01-25 · criminal · writ granted
  17. People v. Padilla CA4/2 E082023 · 2023-12-20 · criminal · dismissed
  18. In re Tilei on Habeas Corpus CA4/2 E080208 · 2023-11-28 · criminal · writ denied
  19. People v. Hyatt CA4/2 E079582 · 2023-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Maestas CA4/2 E078601 · 2023-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Tice E077504 · 2023-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Johnson CA4/2 E077381 · 2023-01-10 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Munoz CA4/2 E075862 · 2022-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Quiroz CA4/2 E077442 · 2022-07-08 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Martin CA4/2 E076498 · 2022-06-30 · criminal · affirmed